Publisher's blurb:
The planes hold an abundance of wonders, treasure, and excitement, enough to fill any campaign with untold sights, riches beyond compare, and horrendous monsters never before seen. These aspects are the purview of the Dungeon Master, who has an infinite sandbox with which to play around and construct extraordinary settings in which to stage countless stories.
But what about the players? There’s no reason to leave them out – they’re the stars of the show after all! The multiverse holds infinite varieties and possibilities ranging from just off from standard to the truly bizarre. Heroes of the Infinite Planes helps you harness those possibilities and build a character cut from a wholly different cloth.
Within these pages are new subclass options for all 13 of the base classes in D&D, along with overviews of the cultures found throughout the planes. New backgrounds are provided to ground a character in the multiverse, and over 30 new spells can be found to allow a magic-using character to grab hold the planes and make it do their bidding – for a short time, at least.
Contents in Brief
This book provides options for characters inspired by or set within the infinite planes of the multiverse.
Chapter 1 Cultures of the Infinite Planes reviews the races found in D&D and how they fit into the larger multiverse. No new features or attributes are provided here, with the full statistics reserved for the original cited source material, but you’ll find information regarding the unusual races of Mythic Odysseys of Theros, Eberron: Rising from the Last War, and Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica among other sources.
Chapter 2 Classes of the Infinite Planes includes 45 new subclasses spread across the spectrum of the 13 base classes: artificer, barbarian, bard, cleric, druid, fighter, monk, paladin, ranger, rogue, sorcerer, warlock, and wizard. Each class has its own dedicated section with information on how the class features on the planes, such as highlighting organizations, groups, and legends.
Chapter 3 Backgrounds of the Infinite Planes provides six fully detailed new backgrounds for characters to select, representing core backgrounds not easily replicated from existing material. These backgrounds include the Astral Drifter, Deep Miner, Dream Savant, Former Slave, Planar Agent, and Vacated. Also included are more than 20 modified versions of existing backgrounds. Examples here include the Janissary and Nameless Legionnaire, both based on the soldier background from the Player’s Handbook but providing alternate features to fit the specific described role.
Chapter 4 Spells of the Infinite Planes details over 30 new spells, inspired by or directly related to the functions and hazards of the multiverse. Summon and maintain a powerful flow of magma with lava geyser, entrap foes in acidic muck with torrent of slime, and cast your enemies across the planes themselves through a gauntlet of dangerous locales with dimensional cascade.